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Global Supply Chain Planner (Pharma)

Fareham
11 months ago
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International Pharmaceutical business require a Global Supply Chain Planner. Applicants need supply chain experience within a pharmaceutical, medical device or life sciences business, posses strong analytical skills, self-motivation and ambition.

The Global Supply Chain Planner will join a growing and high performing supply chain team responsible for; purchase order, order-to-cash, planning and analytical/reporting tasks. An exciting end-to-end supply chain role, the Global Supply Chain Planner will interact with customers, CMOs, distributors and clinical trials teams.

Specific duties of the Global Supply Chain Planner include:

Supply Chain liaison between; clinical trials teams, CMO partners, distributors etc
Balance supply and demand requirements on the business
Management of Order-to-Cash and Purchase-to-Pay processes
Support customers in regards to their clinical pharma trials
Ownership of Management Information and Reporting
Review existing processes, introduce new processes, drive efficiencies etc

Global Supply Chain Planner applicants should meet the following criteria:

Previous experience working within a pharmaceutical, life sciences, research, GDP or medical devices environment
Previous experience within a supply chain, purchasing, customer services, order management or planning role
Appetite, change and improvement of processes
Analytically minded; at least intermediate MS Excel skills
Have studied at university, ideally obtaining a degree

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